Application Notes:

Supplemental funding requests must be submitted by March 15, 2024.

Supplemental funding requests must be emailed to the appropriate regional brownfields contact listed online at www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfields-contacts-epa-regional-offices, with a copy to the funding agency headquarters using the information provided in the Contact section.

Supplemental funding requests must include:

• Demonstration of the CAR's eligibility for supplemental funding, including the significant depletion of funds
• List of imminent and potential projects in the the CAR's pipeline that are most likely to use the requested funding to demonstrate the likelihood that the supplemental funding will be used expeditiously, lead to preservation of the fund, promote reuse of sites, and provide community benefits
• Summary of major RLF accomplishments for projects where RLF funding has been expended to further demonstrate the CAR's ability to award and manage loans/subgrants, preserve the fund, successfully promote reuse of sites, and provide community benefits
• Discussion of the management of the RLF to demonstrate the CAR's competency in managing an RLF program

Supplemental funding requests may be submitted as either an electronically transmitted letter which provides all of the requested information listed above, or as a very brief cover letter with the sample format provided in the SampleRequest file attached. Supplemental funding requests will not be rejected or reviewed unfavorably if an applicant chooses not to use the SampleRequest file as long as the applicant provides all of the requested information. The funding agency prefers that tables 1, 2, and 3 are submitted in Excel format using the AppendixB-Tables file.

In addition to the depletion of funds, supplemental funding requests will be evaluated on the quality and extent to which the CAR's RLF program reflects the following considerations:

• The number of imminent and potential projects in the RLF program pipeline, demonstrating the program's ability to make loans and subgrants for cleanups that can be started and completed, as well as quickly lead to redevelopment
• Community benefits from executed and pending loan(s) and/or subgrant(s), with particular consideration given to CARs that can demonstrate benefits to underserved communities
• The ability to administer, preserve, and revolve the capitalization funding the RLF grant

Refer to the NOFA and SampleRequest files for additional application information.

Match Notes:

Matching funds are not required for this program; however, the funding agency encourages innovative approaches to maximizing revolving and leveraging with other funds, including use of award funds as a loan loss guarantee, or by combining with other government or private-sector lending resources.

Applicants should note that a 20 percent cost share via cash and/or in-kind contributions is still required under their existing cooperative agreement from the funding agency's National Brownfields Program (Part B): Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grants, known in eCivis Grants Network as US0079B.

Funding Notes:

Approximately $60 million is available to support cooperative agreements through this program. Awards have typically ranged between $200,000 and $500,000; however, the funding agency anticipates awarding up to $5 million per award for FY 2024.

Recipients of supplemental funding will have the following new policy changes apply to their new awards via terms and conditions:

• The allowable subgrant limit has increased from $350,000 to $500,000, with the limited possibility of a waiver of an amount above $500,000
• The discounted amount in a discounted loan has increased from a maximum of $200,000 to $500,000 and from up to 30 percent of the loan to up to 50 percent of the loan, with the limited possibility of a waiver for either condition

For FY 2024, a total of $68 million was distributed via 31 awards through this program. Refer to the Award file for details.

June 17, 2024
Information regarding awards through this program has been released and appended to the Award file. A brief summary of the awards has been added to the Financial section.

January 30, 2024
The program officer provided additional information regarding the explanation of the difference between monetary cost share and program income. The Financial and Files sections have been updated accordingly.